Our objective is to promote international cooperation among scientists, engineers and other professionals in the broad field of earthquake engineering through interchange of knowledge, ideas, results of research and practical experience.
Newest Tutorial from EERI and IAEE World Housing Encyclopedia:
Improving the Seismic Performance of Stone Masonry Buildings
Authored by Jitendra Bothara of New Zealand and Svetlana Brzev of Canada, the tutorial focuses on traditional stone masonry dwellings primarily in the earthquake-prone countries of Asia, explains the underlying causes for their poor seismic performance and offers techniques for improving both new and existing buildings. A pdf version of the tutorial is available at the World Housing Encyclopedia website: http://www.world-housing.net/tutorials/stone-tutorials
The production of the tutorial was a collaborative effort among EERI, the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering and the Earthquake Engineering Center of the University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan.
The Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery of the United Nations Development Programme has printed copies of the tutorial for distribution through their program in Asia. The publication will be shared with UNDP country offices, national governments' disaster management ministries and offices, and used in training programs. EERI and the National Information Centre of Earthquake Engineering (NICEE) at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur have copies available for the cost of shipping and handling. EERI shipping rates are: $10 to the U.S., $15 to Canada and Mexico, and $20 to other countries. Please contact NICEE (nicee.org) to order the publication from them.
The World Housing Encyclopedia is a joint project of EERI and IAEE. More information is available at the project website: www.world-housing.net.
Announcement of the Joseph Penzien Memorial Fund
A fellowship fund has been established in the name of Joseph Penzien to fund and support graduate engineering students enrolled in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. Preference will be given to students who have demonstrated financial need and have chosen the field of structural engineering and structural mechanics. The goal is to raise $500,000 to qualify for a named graduate fellowship.
To make a contribution, please send cash/checks to Enid C. Pollack, Sr. Development Director at UC Berkeley College of Engineering, 210 McLaughlin Hall, College of Engineering, Berkeley, CA 94720-1722. Please make checks payable to UC Berkeley College of Engineering and include check memo: Joseph Penzien Memorial Fund. Ms. Pollack can be contacted by phone at 510-642-2257 or by email at epollack@berkeley.edu.
President's Address
Colleagues, members and friends of IAEE,
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DR. POLAT GÜLKAN
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I have taken over the duty of serving as the IAEE President during the mid-term meeting of the Executive Committee in Toronto, Canada, on July 27, 2010. It is a humbling experience for me to look down the list of names of my predecessors, and other engineers and scientists who have served on the IAEE Executive Committee. Honorary Members of the Association draw the same sense of respect. The Association owes much gratitude to these men and women for the voluntary service they have given and the status they helped it to attain.
With barely 50 years behind us we can take pride in the enormous surge of accumulated knowledge earthquake engineering has created and brought forward for making our stated objective a reality: the virtual elimination of the seismic risk through interchange of knowledge, ideas, research results put into implementable form and sharing of practical experience. If we permit a moment of collective hubris to escape us, we can claim that, for the first time in history, we have the knowledge, the technology and even the wealth to design a different world. And yet, earthquakes continue to batter countries and their economies. This year alone, the world has witnessed 8 major earthquakes, two of which have caused far-reaching consequences for Haiti and Chile. While there is perhaps reason to be encouraged by our observations in Chile, the experience in Haiti is truly depressing. It shows that an enormous part of our task still lies unresolved before us. [more]
Online searchable World Conference Proceedings
All of the papers in the World Conference on Earthquake Engineering Proceedings from the first WCEE in 1956 to present have been digitized by the National Centre of Earthquake Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur
Papers from all of the World Conferences can be accessed at:
http://www.nicee.org/wcee/
 Announcement of the Satoru Ohya Medal
The World Seismic Safety Initiative (WSSI) is pleased to announce creation of the Satoru Ohya Medal established in memory of Mr. Satoru Ohya. Mr. Ohya was a world leader in the field of seismic instrumentation and devoted his life to reducing the risks associated with earthquakes and other natural disasters, especially in the most vulnerable communities in developing countries of the world. He was the President and Chairman of the Board of OYO Corporation and served as President of the Geological Society of Japan and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists of Japan. He was heavily involved in the activities of WSSI and served on its Board of Directors. [more]
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Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics
Edited by: Anil K. Chopra, Peter Fajfar, Masayoshi Nakashima
Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics leads the way in the field of earthquake engineering, publishing high quality research which is well cited as well as being endorsed by the International Association for Earthquake Engineering. For more information and to receive the latest (real time) updates, please visit John Wiley & Sons Publishing. |
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